Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery

He had a firewall inside himself, and he didn’t always know how to get past it.

Somewhere deep inside there was probably a flicker of happiness, but for the moment a feeling of emptiness dominated.

He would disappear into the final darkness with his face pressed down into the cold wet clay, and he wasn’t even wearing any shoes.

The force is a wasp’s nest, he thought angrily. Nothing but envy, gossip, and intrigue

Everyone arranges their bookshelf in their own way. Or their folders, or whatever. After a while you learn to see people’s patterns, even in their computers.

Her story was much the same as his, except that in her case it was two failed marriages rather than one. She had one child from the first marriage and one from the second

So then you are sure.”

“As sure as I can be without total certainty.”

People think you screw better if you pull a plastic bag over your head and flirt with death.”

That’s the whole point. I don’t know why people have to be so afraid of showing a little temperament. And anyway, you’re right. I’m just bitching.”

“When you’re hooked up to the Internet, you’re in the middle of the world wherever you are,”